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North Carolina State, founded in 1887, is a public, comprehensive university. Programs are offered through the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Education and Psychology, Engineering, Forest Resources, Humanities and Social Science, Management, Physical and Mathematical Science, Textiles, and Veterinary Medicine, and the School of Design. Its 1,600-acre campus is located in Raleigh.

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 NCSU owns over 103,000 acres of research forests and farms throughout North Carolina. In their free time, NCSU students can head to the beach (two hours away) or the ski slopes (three and a half hours away).  NCSU has received more than 500 patents for beneficial technologies developed by its faculty.

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